https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tnags-199c0d1 On 20 years since the 2005 riots. Fred Lyra, philosopher and musicologist based in Paris, joins Alex to talk about France through 4 moments: 1995 – the last moment of classic class struggle; 2005 – riots in the banlieues;…
Read More /416/ France’s Two Peripheries: Riots and Insurrection ft. Fred Lyra
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gfy98-1971999 On the UK's working-class unrest. Sociologist Lisa McKenzie talks to Alex and contributing editor Lee Jones about why the country feels like a powder-keg. What's behind protests like Unite the Kingdom? How responsible are far-right agitators? Why are threats…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s46r8-18dcd11 On the dual crisis of the world. Wolfgang Streeck, renowned economic sociologist, is back on to talk to us about the crisis of capitalist growth and of democracy. We focus on the solutions proposed in his brilliant new book,…
Read More /494/ National Democracy or Globalist War ft. Wolfgang Streeck
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-q5z8s-18c733e On Poland's election, its history, its self-conception. Philosopher Maciej Szlinder joins us to talk about Polish politics, society and history. Maciej is a member of the general council of the left-wing political party Razem ("Together"), as well as the…
Read More /491/ Squeezed Between Two Empires ft. Maciej Szlinder
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dapej-1893ace On the charges against France's Marine Le Pen. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Alex and George discuss some main stories from the past month. After the death of Pope Francis, what's behind left-wing sympathy for the late…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-x6fpv-1864bb3 On Erdogan's World and the revolt against it. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Historian Djene Bajalan joins George and Alex to review the past month – ceasefires in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, winning and losing…
Read More /477/ Talking Turkey in the Group Chat ft. Djene Bajalan
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-get3e-18334d8 On cities and the politics of development. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Ben Bradlow, assistant professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton, talks to Alex about his book Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo…
Read More /474/ Urban Power in a Planet of Slums ft. Ben Bradlow
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8pky8-181f07b On Trumpworld: Vance in Munich; Musk in South Africa. [This contains only the interview on South Africa – for the full episode subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Alex, George and Ryan Zickgraf round up events in Germany: first the elections, then…
Read More /472/ Munich, MAGA, Musk, Malema ft. Will Shoki / Ryan Zickgraf
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pbgnh-180dd47 This episode, originally published in June 2024 only for subscribers, is crucial backdrop to this Sunday's (23 Feb 2025) snap elections in Germany. For more like this, join us at patreon.com/bungacast On German political derangement. Independent researcher and writer…
Read More UNLOCKED: /418/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown System, German-Style ft. Gregor Baszak
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9nhhv-180869a On the world under Trump, and British responses. Tim Pendry, author of the Unstable Times substack, as well as an international affairs consultant, talks to Alex H and Lee Jones about the world under Trump II, the massive shifts underway,…
Read More /470/ Political Reaction to System Failure ft. Tim Pendry
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